it was no mistake I had pulled the wrong notebook from my shelves. Instead of finding blank sketching paper inside, I found filled pages dating back almost six years. I reached for one of my sketching notebooks and opened it. Recently, it seemed appropriate to simply stay quiet and read, sketch, or play fetch with the dogs rather than say something I would later regret. I don’t have time to be sick, and typically, I get cranky rather quickly when I am sick for more than half an hour. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.